Konrad Fünfstück
Fünfstück with 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-10-07) 7 October 1980
Place of birth Bayreuth, Germany
Managerial career
Years Team
2002–2006 Greuther Fürth (Youth)
2010–2011 Greuther Fürth (Youth)
2011–2012 Greuther Fürth II
2013–2015 1. FC Kaiserslautern II
2015–2016 1. FC Kaiserslautern
2017–2019 FC Wil
2019–2023 Werder Bremen II
2023– Liechtenstein

Konrad Fünfstück (born 7 October 1980) is a German football manager and former player. He manages the Liechtenstein national football team[1]

His first major role was the job as the first team manager of 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He held this role from September 2015 when he replaced Kosta Runjaić until he was released in May 2016. He next managed Swiss Super League side FC Wil.

Managerial career

Early career

Initially, Fünfstück worked at VfB Pößneck having ended his playing career due to injury.[2] At Pößneck, he was the kids team manager. In July 2002, he left VfB Pößneck to join SpVgg Greuther Fürth as the youth team manager. He stayed as the manager until 2006, when he became Fürth's youth director. He took charge of the youth team once more in 2010 and remained in this post until June 2011, when he once again moved upwards to become the new manager of SpVgg Greuther Fürth II.

This was the post he remained in until the end of 2012. During his time with Fürth II, they played in the Regionalliga Bayern.

1. FC Kaiserslautern

Fünfstück left Greuther Fürth to join 1.FC Kaiserslautern, where he would become their reserve team manager and head of youth development. When Kosta Runjaic left the club in September 2015, Fünfstück was announced the new first team manager.[3] His first game in charge was a 2-1 away win over VfL Bochum.[4] By the end of the 2015–16 season Fünfstück was released from his contract.[5]

FC Wil

In June 2017 he was named new manager of Swiss club FC Wil.[6]

Werder Bremen

In May 2019, it was announced Fünfstück would manage Werder Bremen's reserves in the 2019–20 season.[7]

Liechtenstein

On 23 May 2023, it was announced Fünfstück would be the new Liechtenstein manager from 1 June.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 19 November 2023
Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
 Liechtenstein May 2023 Present 8 0 0 8 000.00
Total 8 0 0 8 000.00

References

  1. "Konrad Fünfstück neuer Nationaltrainer" (in German).
  2. "DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. - News-Meldung". www.dfb.de. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. "Startseite".
  4. "1 FC Kaiserslautern | Results - bundesliga.com – the official Bundesliga website". www.bundesliga.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
  5. "FCK trennt sich von Trainer Fünfstück". Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  6. "Un entraîneur allemand sur le banc du FC Wil". Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  7. "Neuer Coach: Fünfstück unterschreibt bei Werder II". kicker Online (in German). 29 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
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